De&s Rov Superintendent

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 359015**Salary**:

- £67,275 - £72,335- per annum (pro rata), plus generous benefits and an average 27% employer pension contribution. Existing civil servants should refer to the Further Information document for salary details.- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Other- Professional I**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Defence Equipment & Support - Engineering**Type of role**:

- Engineering**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- HMNB Devonport, Plymouth, Devon PL2 2BGAbout the job

**Job summary**:
At Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), we supply and maintain vital equipment and services for the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force. Together, we deliver a vast range of essential defence programmes, and strive for what's next. Because it helps keep our military at the top of their game and our nation safe - for today, and tomorrow.

We offer 26.5+ days’ holiday, flexible and hybrid working, enhanced parental leave schemes, shopping discounts, and an exceptional employer pension contribution of around 27%, to help work work for you.

Nationality, visas and vetting: For security reasons this role is open to sole UK nationals only. A ‘sole UK national’ refers to an individual who holds citizenship solely in the UK, without dual citizenship or nationality from another country. We’re unable to offer visa sponsorship.

This role requires you to have lived in the UK for the last 10 years and obtain Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance. Clearance must be obtained without any caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role you have been recruited for. If it isn’t obtained or is obtained but with caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role, any conditional offer made to you will be withdrawn. Obtaining DV security clearance can be a lengthy process. You’ll join us once Security Check (SC) clearance is obtained, and then the more enhanced DV checks will continue after you’ve started your employment. If SC clearance isn’t obtained within 12 months, we reserve the right to withdraw any conditional offer made.

**Job description**:
If you are excited by the prospect of working with industry leading subsea technology in a challenging environment, then this could be the ideal opportunity for you. The ROV (Remote Operated Vehicle) team are looking for ROV Superintendent to lead the deployed ROV team as part of the wider SALMO (Salvage and Marine Operations) department.
- Our SALMO team is the lead across the Ministry of Defence (MOD) for the provision of marine salvage and emergency response. Our specialists including Master Mariners, Marine Engineers, Naval Architects, Environmental Scientists, ROV (Remote Operated Vehicle) Pilots, AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) Operators and Divers provide a centre of expertise for subsea activities and marine operations. Our operations are varied and include salvage assistance to damaged surface vessels, location of aircraft on the sea-bottom, survey of WWII wrecks, towage of warships and submarines, emergency response preparedness exercises and underwater engineering support to resolve defects on Navy platforms at home and overseas. _

The ROV Team delivers discrete outputs within SALMO by using cutting edge commercial ROV technology to provide UK Defence with a deep water salvage capability, as the ROV Superintendent you will be responsible for the safe delivery of ROV operational outputs. This role sits between an IMCA industry Superintendent and an IMCA Supervisor, requiring the post holder to hold some, but not all of the duties of both posts. The post holder will manage a small team of six, including pilot techs, surveyor and maintainer both offshore and onshore and reports to the ROV Senior Superintendent.

This role is operationally important and as such attracts allowances (SALMO Terms and Conditions) depending on the working situation the employee is undertaking at that time.

**What you’ll be doing**
- Deploy afloat to deliver the in-service operation of the ROV system and work offshore for up to 120 days per year
- Lead and manage the ROV operational team whether deployed or at base
- Support the Senior Superintendent in planning routine and reactive deployments
- Ensure all ROV maintenance is carried out in accordance with the planned maintenance system and defects are reported in a timely manner
- Create and update routine and emergency procedures for use with the SALMO ROV systems
- Ensure the SALMO ROV capability is operated in line with industry best practice
- Manage all deployments in a the safe and environmentally sound manner, being the SALMO Appointed Person responsible for Operating Safely, adhering to the deployment Safety Management Plan and any platform interface responsibili